Thursday, August 25, 2011

I finished these wallhangings a few weeks ago, just haven't gotten around to posting them here until now. This first one is called "4 trees" (duh) ... it's literally just 4 versions of the same tree. Each background is different with waves quilted in the background in variegated thread. It's 14½ x 49".

This one is 27½ x 39½" and is called "Blessings".
The characters top to bottom, left to right are:
row 1: wealth, luck, peace & harmony
row 2: courage, longevity
row 3: love, long life
row 4: happiness, beautiful, virtue

in Chinese calligraphy. Chinese belief is that by hanging these characters or representations of them near your front door will invite or encourage these things into your home and life.

Both of these quilts are, of course, hand appliqued and hand quilted. Now I'm quilting a batik double wedding ring with a floral appliqued batik border, a wallhanging made up of a bunch of various sized circles in greens, blues, and browns, and some Christmas gifts for my nieces and nephews.

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Who is ScrappyBlue???

I am a professional quilter living in Vancouver, BC. I am also a survivor of 14 years of severe domestic violence. When I say "severe" I'm not being dramatic, just honest. But I survived and have since been dealing with PTSD and all that it entails. Although PTSD is life changing, I know from experience that it can be managed and hopefully even conquered to a point as long as I'm diligent in my self-care and accept support when it is offered and helpful. Quilting keeps me focused and busy enough to remind me to look to the future; my work here is not done.